Table 1 Prevalence of pathogens in ticks from Latvian domestic dogs in years 2011 and 2016
From: Tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from dogs, Latvia, 2011–2016
Year 2011 | Year 2016 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. ricinus (95% CI) | I. persulcatus (95% CI) | D. reticulatus (95% CI) | Total (95% CI) | I. ricinus (95% CI) | I. persulcatus (95% CI) | D. reticulatus (95% CI) | Total (95% CI) | P value† | |
Ticks analysed | 221 | 22 | 0 | 243 | 360 | 2 | 27 | 389 | |
Pathogen-positive ticks* | 38.4 (32.29–45.02) | 9.0 (1.34–29) | – | 35.8 (30.03–42.01) | 41.7 (36.69–46.82) | 0 (0–70.98) | 18.5 (7.72–37.16) | 40.0 (35.10–44.79) | 0.3144 |
B. burgdorferi s.l. group | 14.0 (10.02–19.26) | 0 (0–17.55) | – | 12.8 (9.1–17.58) | 8.6 (6.1–12) | 0 (0–70.98) | 0 (0–14.76) | 8.0 (5.64–11.12) | 0.0547 |
B. miyamotoi | 0.5 (0.01–2.78) | 0 (0–17.55) | – | 0.4 (0.01–2.53) | 1.4 (0.5–3.31) | 0 (0–70.98) | 0 (0–14.76) | 1.3 (0.46–3.06) | 0.4143 |
A. phagocytophilum | 4.5 (2.37–8.23) | 0 (0–17.55) | – | 4.1 (2.15–7.5) | 6.9 (4.71–10.09) | 0 (0–70.98) | 0 (0–14.76) | 6.4 (4.35–9.35) | 0.2835 |
Babesia | 2.7 (1.11–5.93) | 0 (0–17.55) | – | 2.5 (1.01–5.41) | 4.7 (2.92–7.48) | 0 (0–70.98) | 14.8 (5.3–33.1) | 5.4 (3.52–8.15) | 0.1044 |
Rickettsia | 22.2 (17.18–28.12) | 9.0 (1.34–29) | – | 20.1 (16.32–26.56) | 25.6 (21.32–30.31) | 0 (0–70.98) | 11.1 (3.03–28.88) | 24.4 (20.41–28.93) | 0.3335 |
Coinfections‡ | 10.0 (6.61–14.67) | 0 (0–17.55) | – | 9.1 (6–13.38) | 6.7 (4.48–9.77) | 0 (0–70.98) | 7.4 (0.96–24.47) | 6.7 (4.57–9.65) | 0.2833 |